It’s been a tough season for The Real Housewives of New Jersey — well, a tough few seasons. Amid cast shakeups in other franchises, it seems like Andy Cohen and the powers that be at Bravo have finally taken a hint and are rebooting the ‘wives of the Garden State.

On a recent episode of Andy Cohen Live on SIrius XM, Cohen took a call from a very disgruntled fan named Joanne who was bored to death over the recent storylines and wanted a change and soon.

“Well, I mean, have you heard that we’re gonna do big changes to the show?” Cohen asked Joanne, who had not heard that.

Joanne is fully into her complaint about how upset she is about the storyline between Melissa Gorga and Margaret Josephs — and don’t even get her started on Joe Gorga — when Cohen reassures her that change is indeed afoot.

“All right, so we’re rebooting the show, thank you, Joanne,” Cohen said when he could finally get a word in edgewise. “We’re gonna reboot it. We’re gonna do something different.”

Joanne is not done, however, and she wants OG Housewife Teresa Giudice to stick around, claiming she “will always get in trouble, that’s how she is,” but everyone else is boring, and “their only storyline is Teresa.”

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“Okay,” a clearly exasperated Cohen continued, “So you want Teresa to stay on the show?” Joanne doubles down and declares that “Teresa is the show,” then backs the car up and careens through the Lincoln Tunnel back to her original point of how boring everyone is, except Teresa, by which point Cohen has had enough.

“Okay, all right, okay, we got it,” Cohen said. “We’re gonna see what we do. We’ll see. I don’t know. Maybe just all fresh faces.”

While Joanne seems like a saint among people, she’s wrong about Teresa. It’s time for her, and the rest of the cast to go. Well, maybe not Dolores Catania, the Switzerland of RHONJ.

This season saw the women split into two factions: On one end, there’s Gorga, Josephs, Rachel Fuda, Danielle Cabral, and Jennifer Fessler. And on the other, there’s Giudice, Jennifer Aydin, and Jackie Goldschneider. Catania somehow manages to get along with everyone, which is why she deserves to stay. We, as viewers, need a calming presence, a level head, a voice of reason, if you will. And that will never be Teresa.

Still, when Entertainment Weekly interviewed Giudice last year ahead of the 13th season, she had no intention of going anywhere.

“Listen, I started this. I’m the OG, and I’m sticking,” Giudice said. “I want to ride the wave till it’s done. Because right now I’m so happy. I just got married. I think every year I bring it to you guys. Right?”

And while she indeed does bring it to us at every ball, one can’t help but feel she’s given enough — too much — to this show and deserves to bow out gracefully. Just a few weeks ago, however, Giudice again resisted the idea of retirement, telling Kelly Ripa, “I’m not leaving. I started the show. When Bravo wants me to leave, that’s when I’ll leave.”

Because of these dueling factions, there will be no season 14 reunion, but instead, Page Six reports, the cast filmed two separate watch parties to view the season finale. That sounds…great. Of course, just about anytime a franchise skips a reunion means somebody or somebodies are getting fired (see: the completely rebooted Real Housewives of New York). At this point in the game, that’s probably for the best.

Melissa Gorga’s lack of a relationship with her sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice, has been highlighted throughout The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14.

Both Melissa and her husband, Teresa’s brother Joe Gorga, have kept their distance from Teresa — who has stated time and time again, that there is no relationship between them. Melissa did, however, have some surprising words about Teresa and her relationship with Teresa’s husband Luis “Louie” Ruelas when she appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sunday, July 28.

Why Joe Gorga Has “No Regrets” Amid Teresa Giudice Fallout

Teresa had attempted to make peace with Melissa and Joe in Season 14 Episode 7, when she tried to get a bottle of liquor and a card in their hands at their housewarming party. Instead of reading the card, Joe burned it, which he told WWHL host, Andy Cohen, he has “no regrets” about doing.

Peace might be lost at this point. But, during a game of “1, 2, Agree or Disagree” Andy asked Melissa to agree or disagree with the following statement: “Had Louie never entered the picture, there would be peace between Teresa and the Gorgas.”

Melissa agreed with this. “Fake peace, but peace,” she admitted while Joe nodded his head in affirmation from the audience.

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Both Melissa and Joe have been vocal about their issues with Teresa’s husband of almost two years. Their rift goes all the way back to before the RHONJ Season 13 reunion, where Louie claimed he had hired an investigator to get information on everyone in the cast, including the Gorgas. This action was in response to Teresa learning that there had allegedly been a meeting to turn the tables on Louie.

On top of this, Melissa and Joe did not attend Teresa and Louie’s wedding, adding more fuel to the fire. During RHONJ Season 13 Episode 14, Louie revealed that he spoke to Teresa’s ex-husband, Joe Giudice, ahead of their wedding, where he gave him some advice on dealing with Joe Gorga.

“He literally said to me, ‘Do not let Joe Gorga interfere with your life, because he’s gonna try to do that. He’s gonna feel intimidated. He’s insecure,’” Louie told Teresa during the episode.

By the next season, Louie did not have much to say about his brother-in-law. “I don’t really talk about him,” he told Bill Aydin in Season 14 Episode 4.

Melissa Gorga Has “Zero Guilt” About Relationship with Teresa Giudice

Melissa told Andy on Sunday that she does not see any future in which she’ll have a relationship with Teresa. She noted that her favorite part about Season 14 has been “how free” she feels.

“I don’t feel the pressure any more to kinda accept things I didn’t feel were right, or to keep moving forward with something that was at a complete dead end,” she explained. “Having zero guilt any longer and knowing I’ve done the right thing for as long as I could is definitely my rose.”

Mick Jagger, hours before he went onstage at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, grabbed a classic NJ breakfast at the Tick Tock Diner in Clifton.

Jagger ordered Taylor ham, egg and cheese. “So we went to the Tick Tock Diner!” Jagger told the audience. “We had Taylor ham, egg and cheese! With Disco fries! And sloppy joe to go!”

Here’s a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week.

Five years ago

July 29, 2019: A state appellate court upheld the conviction of James Quackenbush, 51, of Plainfield, serving a 40-year sentence in NJ State Prison, for murdering his mother, Gail Vandewalle, 69, in February 2013 by hitting her on the head with a 12-pound dumbbell.

July 30: The Marisa Tufaro Foundation, on what would have been its namesake’s 16th birthday, commemorated its second anniversary, announcing the nonprofit had donated more than $100,000 to help pediatric patients and other children in need throughout the greater Middlesex County area.

July 30: Te’Rai Powell, a rising senior at St. Joseph Regional in Montvale, announced on Twitter that he would play football for Rutgers University. Powell helped the Green Knights capture the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 4 championship the previous season, averaging 6.4 yards per carry.

July 31: Walter Yovany-Gomez, aka “Cholo,” 35, an MS-13 member previously named one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, was sentenced in Newark to 25 years in prison for killing Julio Matute of Plainfield in 2011.

Aug. 1: It became legal for NJ doctors to prescribe lethal medication to patients with less than six months to live. NJ was one of eight states that allowed medically assisted suicide or medical aid in dying.

Aug. 2-4: The Jersey Fringe Festival, featuring live music and a beer and wine garden, was held at 12 venues across downtown Hammonton, with the Eagle Theatre serving as the central location.

10 years ago

July 30, 2014: The Somerset Patriots beat the Lancaster Barnstormers, 7-0, on “Bark In The Park Night” at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater. Somerset won the nightcap 2-0. The Patriots established a new franchise record for wins in a half with 47, albeit three weeks after the half had actually ended.

July 30-31: Approximately 350 bicyclists, including some local residents, participated in a two-day Bike4Chai fundraiser, beginning in Piscataway and ending at Camp Simcha in Glen Spey, New York, raising more than $4 million for the overnight summer camp for children and teens with cancer and other serious illnesses.

July 31: It was reported Albert Thomson, 48, of Berkeley Heights, was indicted on charges he stole millions of dollars from his employers, Elizabeth-based New England Motor Freight, and two related companies, Eastern Freightways Inc. and Carrier Industries Inc., over eight years.

Aug. 1: Jeff Xie, 17, of Edison, a senior at J.P. Stevens High School, took home $75,000 on the “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament,” beating Alan Koolik of Boca Raton, Florida.

Aug. 3: The Under the Influence of Music tour, with Wiz Khalifa, Jeezy, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Mack Wilds, Iamsu! and DJ Drama, was held at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

Aug. 4: In Somerville, State Superior Court Judge Robert Reed ruled David Granskie Jr.’s statement to police two days after the murder of Bridgewater resident Carolyn Stone, 45, could be admitted into his trial, which was expected to begin Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Stone was killed on Memorial Day weekend of 2009 at Granskie’s father’s home in the Bradley Gardens section of Bridgewater,

1999

July 30, 1999: Deborah Caggiano, 34, of South Plainfield, who embezzled more than $2.5 million from Beumer Corp., a Bridgewater manufacturing company, was sentenced to seven years in prison.

July 31: Three teenage girls pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault for lacing the coffee cup of their teacher at Middlesex County Vocational-Technical High School in East Brunswick with rubbing alcohol, it was reported. The girls were from Spotswood, Perth Amboy and New Brunswick.

Aug. 1: It was reported the Hispanic Riverfront Festival of New Brunswick, featuring music, dance and food, would be held Thursday, Aug. 5, 1999, through Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999, at Boyd Park in New Brunswick.

Aug. 4: The Somerset Patriots regained sole possession of first place with a 4-2 win over the Bridgeport Bluefish in front of 5,384 at Somerset Ballpark in Bridgewater, erasing the sting of a 9-1 loss in the series opener on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1999.

1974

July 29, 1974: Scott Siegrist and Rich Szumel combined for a no-hitter as Piscataway American West edged Spring Lake-Sea Girt 1-0 and advanced to the Section 3 finals of the state Little League Baseball Tournament.

July 31: N.J. Secretary of State J. Edward Crabiel, 58, was indicted along with The Franklin Contracting Co., which he once headed; George Katz of Fort Lee, a Democratic fund raiser; the Passaic Crushed Stone Co., and the Gallo Asphalt Co., on charges of bid-rigging.

Aug. 2: A fire routed the 130 tenants of the Royal Court Apartments in Perth Amboy from their beds and heavily damaged the first four floors of the five-story building. Ten apartments were destroyed and one elderly tenant was hospitalized.

Aug. 4: Patrolman Jeffrey Royte, who discovered John Burns Jr., 14, of Mount Laurel in Burlington County, sleeping peacefully in a wooded area in Clinton, unknowingly found the youth who was missing from South Jersey since the previous Monday, and was the subject of an intensive search by police and volunteers.

Aug. 4: “Show Boat,” the Jerome Kern musical classic, would be presented by Plays-in-the-Park beginning Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1974, at Roosevelt Park in Edison, it was reported.

1924

July 30, 1924: Three inmates of the NJ Reformatory at Rahway were shot when a riot broke out among the 500 inmates. Before the outbreak was stopped, the institution suffered considerable damage.

July 30: While swimming in Lake Nelson in South Plainfield, Emile Ulmric, 21, a member of the faculty of St. Joseph’s Normal College, near Metuchen, was seized with cramps and drowned before assistance could be given.

July 30-31: The movie “Her Temporary Husband,” starring Sidney Chaplin, Sylvia Breamer and Owen Moore, was shown at Reade’s Strand Theatre in Perth Amboy.

Aug. 1: An attempt was made to “blow” the safe in the Forty-fifth street, Bayonne station of the NJ Central, but the burglars were frightened away by the police who were informed as to what was going on by a woman living near the station.

Aug. 4: In baseball, the St. Peter’s Lyceum beat the Pirates of Sayreville, 2-0.

Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for MyCentralJersey.com